What is the average recommendation really?

[MolSysBio]

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It’s obviously good for you, given that the mischief is not revealed, in which case you and your recommender could instantly lose much credibility, because once you find how much you can gain from cheating, it is not easy to stop doing that.

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<p>trust me, something like this wouldn’t tarnish my advisor’s reputation. </p>

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Cheating tells you value your own personal gain more than that of a system, which means you are less able to resist plagiarizing and backstabbing than most of the people.

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<p>if i thought this was cheating then i would be worried (as would the numerous alumni of my laboratory). but it’s not…</p>

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I hope you can be happy with your decision, because I sure couldn’t.

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<p>…so i’m going to sleep well tonight.</p>